Growing the Future

The Truth About Leading Six Hundred People

Episode Summary

Bryce Eger, President of Corteva Agriscience Canada, joins Dan to talk about leading 600 people through a three-company merger and a pandemic at the same time, with no playbook for either. He's candid about seeing a counselor monthly and treating it as professional development, and walks through the communication systems, virtual coffee chats and one on one calls, he built to replace hallway conversations COVID took away. The tension is that agriculture's leaders are often expected to be unshakeable, while the people actually running large ag organizations deal with the same uncertainty and isolation as everyone else. Producers walk away with a specific, practical model for staying connected to a team and to their own mental health under real operational weight.

Episode Notes

In this episode of GTF, Dan chats with Bryce Eger. Bryce is the president of Corteva Agriscience. Corteva provides education and resources to farmers helping them scale their farming practices and business. Bryce  is nothing but a rock star when it comes to leadership. His experience, knowledge, and training, in leadership and management, are outstanding and something we all should learn from.  

This is what you will learn in this episode: 

• Changes that led to Corteva being a strong organization with the right mix of talent, product, and future focus.
• Bryce's experience and advice in merging different companies creating what Cortava is today.
• The biggest skill you need when stepping into a leadership role within an organization.
• Corteva's approach to the pandemic and  what the organization focused on the most during  that time.
• Bryce's advice as to how to effectively communicate your organization's mission, vision, and purpose with team members.
• The biggest obstacles Corteva faces  in the current market.
• The biggest challenges that farmers are facing right now and how to overcome them.
• Bryce's opinion on how the farming industry will look in ten years.
• The unavoidable carbon sequestration and will impact and benefit farmers.
• Corteva's approach to mental health in the workplace
• Bryce shares one of his habits for excellence.

Resources Mentioned:

Corteva Agriscience

Do More Ag Foundation

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